SiriusB said:
Feisty Fawn has no issues with ATI cards as far as I am aware
I had initial issues with the 3D element of my ATi X1300, there's problems with the X1### range of ATi cards with regards to 3D rendering. Fixed it after a bit of tinkering with it.
Rhys said:
Just to report that I have found Mint. Its an offshoot of Ubuntu except its got the main media codecs. Im finding that this is probably the most user friendly and Windows-esque of what Ive looked at so far. Id recommend this for "noobs". like myself. Its also totally free
Also Ive found Puppy Linux which Im going to try on some older machines.
Add the following to your sources list in ubuntu and you'll get the non-free codecs - taken from the ubuntu forums. The codecs legality depends on which country you're in, but they're no more legal/illegal than anything Mint runs.
Code:
## PLF REPOSITORY (Unsupported. May contain illegal packages. Use at own risk.)
## Medibuntu - Ubuntu 7.04 "feisty fawn"
## Please report any bug on https://launchpad.net/products/medibuntu/+bugs
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ feisty free non-free
#deb-src http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free
squiffy said:
I spotted that. I already downloaded Ubuntu, so why should I download another version because Linux is broke, and you need to install in text mode?
Linux has a long long way to go to be a suitable replacement. If Windows stayed like Windows ME then that's another matter. But if XP is stable, and "everything works" then people have less of a reason to change, especially if hardware support is half working. It doens't matter if XP might be slightly less stable. I'd have a lock up once a month (it hasen't locked up, giving an example) than non working digital output.
Why should I have to change soundcard? Who's to say if I change digital out will work?
At least they give you the option. When XP came out there were people left stranded when certain things didn't appear in the HCL (Hardware compatibility list) and plain didn't work.
You don't have to do anything, it's your prerogative to read up on an O/S before you install it. I believe an Apple Mac is what you want if you don't want to have to ever configure anything, change anything, work anything out or have to read up on anything etc.
Seriously though; I got Vista with my Laptop, and the scroll pad on my laptop didn't work with it out of the box, so I see where you are coming from. Thankfully, it's a lot easier to fix issues like that manually on a linux distro than it is on a Microsoft one - if there aren't drivers available. Hardware issues aren't exclusive to Linux.
With regards to Linux replacing Windows as the OS of choice for 99% of the population, I don't see that happening at all, it's generally not the communities aim as a whole - the coders code for the code mostly, not for the market. Additionally, most people don't choose Windows as their first OS, it's what comes with the prebuilt computer they buy, unless they shop at a certain major computer companies website, where they specifically choose to package suitable hardware for the OS installed.
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